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Mrs. Horst's Weekly Newsletter |
Dear Forest Park Fourth Graders and Parents:
Today is Monday, May 25, 2020 and it is Memorial Day so students will not have school today. I bet there is some cheering going on!
This week students should work on Tuesday, May 26th and Thursday May 28th on social studies:
Participate in activities and pictures that you can click on to help you learn a bit more about World War II
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/world-war-ii/
Learn how Iron Mountain and Kingsford were apart of the war effort.
https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/mhugl/2016/10/15/kingsford-mi-wwii-glider-museum/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyzQv3phA0M This is a museum video of what you can see if you go to the Glider Museum in Iron Mountain. They should be open June 28th if your family would like to visit. We hope it will be!
For Reading on Tuesday and Thursday:
https://www-k6thinkcentral.com
Think Central Login Instructions:
After clicking on the link above, you will need to scroll down to fill in the state (Michigan), district (Forest Park Crystal Falls), and school (Forest Park).
Your child’s user name is their first name and last initial (all lowercase, no spaces, example: (janed) your child’s password is 12345 (same for all students).
Once your child has logged in, go to “Things To Do.” Click on the assignment link and it will take you to this week’s story. When your child is finished, they can click the “done” button. To read the story again, as your child may want to refer back to the story to complete the Reader’s Notebook pages, follow the steps below.
To read this week’s story Follow these steps:
Reader’s Notebook Pages: 348-349 and or p.359-360
These stories can also be read aloud to the children. For the audio version of the story follow these steps:
On Wednesday, work on the following science activity for solar energy: You will need a shallow box like a pizza box, tinfoil, graham crackers, marshmallow and chocolate.
Follow all of the directions; https://climatekids.nasa.gov/smores/
https://www.ducksters.com/science/environment/solar_power.php
For Math work on p. 371-376 on simplifying fractions.
You can also work on Prodigy, freckle, and or splashlearn if you would like.
You can watch this cute story by Miss Rachel from our PE-NUT GRANT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq23qaxWMIw
Have a great week!
Mrs. Horst
Today is Monday, May 25, 2020 and it is Memorial Day so students will not have school today. I bet there is some cheering going on!
This week students should work on Tuesday, May 26th and Thursday May 28th on social studies:
Participate in activities and pictures that you can click on to help you learn a bit more about World War II
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/world-war-ii/
Learn how Iron Mountain and Kingsford were apart of the war effort.
https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/mhugl/2016/10/15/kingsford-mi-wwii-glider-museum/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyzQv3phA0M This is a museum video of what you can see if you go to the Glider Museum in Iron Mountain. They should be open June 28th if your family would like to visit. We hope it will be!
For Reading on Tuesday and Thursday:
https://www-k6thinkcentral.com
Think Central Login Instructions:
After clicking on the link above, you will need to scroll down to fill in the state (Michigan), district (Forest Park Crystal Falls), and school (Forest Park).
Your child’s user name is their first name and last initial (all lowercase, no spaces, example: (janed) your child’s password is 12345 (same for all students).
Once your child has logged in, go to “Things To Do.” Click on the assignment link and it will take you to this week’s story. When your child is finished, they can click the “done” button. To read the story again, as your child may want to refer back to the story to complete the Reader’s Notebook pages, follow the steps below.
To read this week’s story Follow these steps:
- Scroll down until you find Journeys Student Magazine, click on this
- Go to Contents
- Choose Lesson 27 Amphibian Alert and or Lesson 28 Museums: Worlds of Wonder You can do one or both of these stories.
- Read through one or both of these stories.
Reader’s Notebook Pages: 348-349 and or p.359-360
These stories can also be read aloud to the children. For the audio version of the story follow these steps:
- Go back to My Library
- Scroll down until you find Audio Hub
On Wednesday, work on the following science activity for solar energy: You will need a shallow box like a pizza box, tinfoil, graham crackers, marshmallow and chocolate.
Follow all of the directions; https://climatekids.nasa.gov/smores/
https://www.ducksters.com/science/environment/solar_power.php
For Math work on p. 371-376 on simplifying fractions.
You can also work on Prodigy, freckle, and or splashlearn if you would like.
You can watch this cute story by Miss Rachel from our PE-NUT GRANT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq23qaxWMIw
Have a great week!
Mrs. Horst